Author Archives: AmbiLife

As a tour guide in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, I talk more about Benjamin Franklin than anyone. This polymath of a Founding Father who signed all four documents that went into the making of the United States of America, became our first international celebrity, first millionaire, started our first public library, first hospital, first fire department, firstContinue reading “What Made Benjamin Franklin’s Brain SO Different?”

You may think, “I already have one good hand. Why need another?” Having an extra good hand on a rainy day sounds like a nice perk, but the benefits of practicing mirror movement development (MMD) are much, much greater than that. MMD grows your brain and aligns your body, increasing your physical and mental capabilities.Continue reading “Benefits of MMD”

What is MMD? The human body, with its symmetric skeleton, symmetric exterior sensory features, and symmetrically-weighed distribution of asymmetrically jumbled internal organs, is made for mirror movement development (MMD). The same goes for a car: symmetric frame, symmetric exterior features, and a symmetrically weighed sum of asymmetrically placed internal components. You would never, though, buyContinue reading “MMD Explained”

Although estimates say 1% of the global population is ambidextrous, how many people do you actually know who work to develop both sides of their body in all activities? I bet it’s far less than 1%. And of those people, how many have been extensively researched? Considering how piecemeal and anecdotal much of the researchContinue reading “Science of MMD”

The internet shows a world where seemingly everything is practiced. The presence of developing ambidexterity is no different. Videos online show some of us simply dabbling in it, while others have been doing it for years. History’s MMD practitioners include quite a few notables, but it’s the contemporary practitioners I want to focus on sinceContinue reading “Today’s MMD Practitioners”

Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel with both hands. Mozart composed music both right- and left-handed. Plato urged his students to practice ambidexterity.Nikola Tesla identified as ambidextrous… Additional historic practitioners of mirror movement development (MMD) include: The Ancient Greeks Leonardo Da Vinci Lord Baden-Powell Benjamin Franklin Mahatma Gandhi Thomas Jefferson Albert Einstein Queen Victoria James GarfieldContinue reading “History’s MMD Practitioners”

The practice of mirror movement development (MMD) is as old as the bilateral design of our human bodies. Considering that it has been practiced and promoted by some of history’s most notable geniuses and advanced cultures, today’s educational systems would greatly benefit from its modern adoption. Benjamin Franklin, the Founding Father and polymath who startedContinue reading “MMD in Education”